Happened over in Raleigh. Locals were goin' nuts. The progressives were typing that they "could care less" and that Mrs. Edwards deserves our respect. Funny how we should show her respect when her husband doesn't, but that's liberals for you.

In any case, I hope the feds arrest Silky Pony, and when they are through with him, that they go after Easley, then our current governor Bev "The Joker" Purdue. Those democrats are corrupt from top to bottom.

Well, she does live in California, and the daughter is only 17 months old. Personally, I wouldn't have traveled across country without my son when he was at that age (and didn't, though I certainly traveled across country at the time), and it's not like she could have left Frances with the child's father. Is her lawyer in the case "local" to the courtroom? If so, you'd think he could arrange for a sitter, perhaps. Who knows?

And hey, I only just learned that Rielle Hunter used to be Jay McInerney's girlfriend and that the Allison Poole character was based on her. What d'ya know.

It is interesting how events play out. Edwards is a smart guy with a lot of money whom you would assume that, after he got into the affair, he could take care of the problem (i.e., buy her off or have his friends do so), but instead, he manages to turn the situation into a complete mess for himself.

I was trying to tie this baby to the coma baby in Bright Lights Big City.But this is all I could find.

A pregnant woman from Washington, D.C. gets in a car accident and falls into a deep coma. Asleep for nearly 6 months, when she wakes up she sees that she is no longer pregnant and frantically asks the doctor about her baby. The doctor replies, "Ma'am you had twins! a boy and a girl. Your brother from Maryland came in and named them." The woman thinks to herself, "No, not my brother... he's an idiot!" She asks the doctor, "Well, what's the girl's name?" "Denise." "Wow, that's not a bad name, I like it! What's the boy's name?" "Denephew. ".

I was thinking about the logistics of hauling a baby clean across the country, then having to go to court in a strange town where you don't know anyone, when it dawned on my that the Edwards' manse is just down the road in Orange county. A resourceful baby mamma would have asked if she could drop the baby off for a couple of hours. I am sure that Elizabeth Edwards wouldn't mind, or, barring that, wouldn't have noticed a(nother) screaming brat in a 36,000 square foot house.

Problem solved, plus John gets some one-on-one time with his side baby.

Failing victory, he could not reply:"Gone To the White House, Ha Ha, Ha". But 'Big Daddy' Cleveland chose the route of telling the truth when his affair came to light during his run for the presidency, so there's one difference.

AJ when you don't get the urge to thread jack a John Edwards thread-well hell I think most of us can agree on that.

John Edwards...ummm

Ya!

We'd rather talk about the economy-aka worst recession since the depression...

And, the Liberals started it!

I don't know where most of you live, well AJ Pennsylvania, and Hoosier well that's evident but in Nevada and California those damn signs are everywhere and I think some counties in California have unemployment levels at near some 20% and were going to let Nancy and Babs Philosophy run the country-the California Way...

Here from the ca.gov website is their unemployment rate numbers by county for June-

“While Wall Street is convinced the recession is over, the economy continues to shed jobs at an alarming rate,” said Charles Biderman, CEO of TrimTabs [Investment Research].

TrimTabs’ employment estimates are based on analysis of daily income tax deposits to the U.S. Treasury from all salaried U.S. employees. Historically, TrimTabs’ employment estimates have been more accurate than those of the BLS.

“The personal income report the Bureau of Economic Analysis released Tuesday contained huge downward revisions to wage and salary growth,” said Biderman.

“Two months ago, we asked BEA economists how they reconciled the huge declines in real-time tax deposits with their report of a modest decline in wages and salaries,” said Biderman. “They could not answer our question. We know now that by ignoring real-time data, the BEA was providing an inaccurate view of the economy’s health."

In those photos, Edwards and Rielle have remarkably similar facial features. No wonder he was attracted to her.

I suspect his wife's illness had a lot to do with the baby-making--isn't it a natural response to breed when you feel the finite nature of life? I doubt it was his first affair, but subconsciously, that's the first time he wanted a baby out of one.

John - I suspect his wife's illness had a lot to do with the baby-making--isn't it a natural response to breed when you feel the finite nature of life?

Hard to say his wife's supposed late-term stage 4 cancer, announced over 2 years ago with her still hitting the talk shows and appearing in good health and vigor..drove a John Edwards breeding frenzy. Or that without the cancer, Elizabeth Edwards was well past breeding age (she is 60 this year)...so Johnny was simply seeking a substitute womb to fertilize..

That said, it is one fabulous excuse. "Yes, honey, I banged the receptionist and knocked her up...but only after I thought I was going to lose you when you were in the ICU after that car crash.."

Remember that Rielle believes that she is/will be the Next wife. How are those chemo treatments being administered to wife #1 going anyway? For the Next wife they first baby is considered the anchor baby...redneck style. I imagine that Rielle trusts no one else with her little bundle of DNA these days.

Elizabeth Edwards was well past breeding ageI'd forgotten this when I commented above, but she took fertility drugs to have 2 more children in her late 40's after their teenage son was killed. The hormones likely caused the cancer.

Liberals can excuse or rationalize any bad behavior perpetrated by other liberals. Morals, decency, common sense - all that is for others to worry about.

And do you know why? Because it's easy to have that morally relativistic point of view. It takes no effort on the part of a liberal or a leftist to have this mindset. When they feign outrage at value judgements, you know that their moral perspective is absent.

I developed a great admiration for Elizabeth Edwards and her approach to this traumatic experience in her life. I strongly suspect that despite the recent trials and tribulations, there must be a strong foundation based on something which may not be easily defined, which keeps them together. Let's hope that the family unit is not further damaged by whatever is disclosed during these hearings.